US President Joe Biden will promise on Friday, during the G7 meeting, $ 4 billion for the Covax anti-Covid vaccination device, the White House said Thursday (February 18).
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A first tranche of $ 2 billion will be released "
very quickly
", said a senior US official. A second tranche of 2 billion will be gradually released over two years, in 2021 and 2022. The Covax program aims to provide anti-Covid vaccines this year to 20% of the population of nearly 200 participating countries and territories, but it mainly includes a funding mechanism that allows 92 low and middle income economies to access valuable doses.
